Shloka 27
Somadatta’s Kṣātra-Dharma Accusation; Night Combat, Māyā, and the Fall of Ghaṭotkaca
Droṇa-parva, Adhyāya 131
तस्य भीमो भशं क्रुद्धस्त्रीन शरान् नतपर्वण: । निचखानोरसि क्रुद्ध: सूतपुत्रस्य वेगत:
tasya bhīmo bhṛśaṁ kruddhas trīn śarān nataparvaṇaḥ | nicakhānorasi kruddhaḥ sūtaputrasya vegataḥ ||
सञ्जय उवाच—अथ भीमः भृशं क्रुद्धः सूतपुत्रस्य वेगतः, नतपर्वणः त्रीन् शरान् क्रुद्धः तस्योरसि निचखान।
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse implicitly warns how krodha (anger) amplifies harm: even within a duty-bound battle, rage accelerates violence and narrows ethical perception, making action more driven by passion than discernment.
Sañjaya narrates that Bhīma, in great fury, shoots and plants three swift, well-made arrows into the chest of Karṇa (called ‘the Sūta’s son’), marking an intense exchange in the Drona Parva battle.